A server is a computer designed for a specific task such as running a website, a server tends to be powered up more often compared to a regular computer with most servers running 24/7. Servers are a major part of our everyday live, the internet is a collection of hundreds of thousands of servers all working together performing various tasks. (more…)
Tag: VPS
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Why a VPS (virtual private server)?
VPS are a cheap and efficient way of owning a server without having to maintain the physical hardware, infrastructure and costs involved when renting server space. You can purchase a new VPS from most providers and within 15 minutes you can be installing your software and services. A VPS is just like owning a physical server you can install and do what you want with it. (more…)
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What is a VM (virtual machine) or VPS (virtual private server)
I’m going to talk about virtual machines (VM) before I go onto virtual private servers (vps), to understand what a vps is you need to understand what a vm is as they are very similar (practically the same thing). A VM is a virtualized (virtual) operating system running inside a master operating system, for example we have a physical computer running windows XP this is known as the master, we install virtualization software which allows us to create virtual computers inside the master, multiple virtual machines can be installed on a single master. (more…)
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How to create VMs (virtual machines) using VirtualBox
Virtualisation is used to run multiple operating systems on a single computer, if you want to know more about virtual machines (vm), virtual private servers (vps) then please read this post. In this guide I will be teaching you how to install, setup and start a virtual machine using some software called VirtualBox, there is alternative software available but I have chosen this one due to its ability to run on most operating systems such as Windows, Linux and it’s free. (more…)